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Somewhere other than a licensed dealer. we know in those states 38% fewer women are murdered with guns by their intimate partners than in states that have not closed that loophole. we know how to fix this problem. >> let's hear something from senator coburn who appeared earlier today on "morning joe" and talked about the issue. take a listen. >> if we're going to get a deal, that's where it's going to have to be otherwise you're not going to have a deal. my deal is let's do the right thing and enhance this, and i think we can. i think we'll ultimately get there even though, you know, the outsi...

Bipartisan consensus that was fraught to be forming around the idea of expanding background checks. it's a position that 88% of the public support and we've been hearing about a possible bipartisan deal worked out between chuck schumer and tom coburn. tom coburn has an "a" rating from the nra. but now those talks have fallen apart. mark, can you explain why elected politicians are finding it so hard to do something that nine out of ten americans want? >> no, not really. but that's because -- >> is it a dereliction of duty on their part? >> well, i don't want to go that far because, frankly, i ...

It's almost three months since the slaughter at sandy hook elementary and lawmakers in the united states senate have now approved the first piece of gun reform legislation. the judiciary committee under the leadership of patrick leahy voted 11-7 today to approve a bill that would combat gun trafficking and impose stiff penalties on straw purchases. in fact, the vote today is perhaps more newsworthy for what it did not include. like an expansion of background checks on gun sales and a ban on assault weapons. what will happen to those essential proposals? we'll have to wait and see. we're joined...

I'm not in that room not having been elected to the united states senate, but i'm told he is absolutely serious and in earnest and wants to reach a deal. and i think we will. but if we can get senator coburn, and i very much hope we can, it will only be because of one very small issue that in our view is a nonissue. that's the question of whether we should continue doing what we've been doing for 40 years, which is when you go to a licensed dealer, you pass your background check. the dealer keeps a record of that purchase for 20 years so that if that gun ever ends up at a crime scene, law enfo...

Beautiful children who died 69 days ago 12 miles from here. >> if only everyone who wields influence on capitol hill had so much resolve. john mccain was caught making this statement to the mother of a young man killed in the aurora shooting, a mother who asked him about the proposed ban on assault weapons. >> i can tell you right now you need some straight talk. that assault weapons ban will not pass the congress of the united states. [ applause ] >> of course, that wasn't straight talk at all. senator mccain was just parroting talking points from the gun lobby. but he might have shown a litt...